Vladimir Ignatov
Vladimir Ignatov, born 1951, Tyumen Oblast. Charges: Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting in terrorist activities); “Case of "USSR Citizens" in the Tyumen region”. Sentenced on October 30, 2023. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since June 10, 2021.
In brief
Tyumen Oblast · Tyumen · Terrorism cases
Sentence
Imprisonment (general regime)
Upheld March 4, 2026
Charges
- Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting in terrorist activities
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, being an active supporter of the idea that the Russian Federation should cease to exist illegally, he participated in a public movement aimed at reviving the former USSR state in Russia and disseminated information about it on the Internet; wishing to violently overthrow the State power in the Russian Federation, he became a member of an organised group whose goal was the violent seizure of state power and the violent replacement of the consitutional state order of Russia with self-proclaimed USSR bodies; the group included supporters of the idea of illegality of the USSR collapse involved in the group by convincing, persuading, demanding or making offers in the Internet.
Latest event
March 4, 2026 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Case of "USSR Citizens" in the Tyumen region
Criminal case
Case of "USSR Citizens" in the Tyumen region
Other defendants in the case
- Elvira Abdullina — Imprisoned
- Pavel Kalitaev — At large
- Vasily Korostil — Imprisoned
- Larisa Pashnina — Imprisoned
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Full summary
A resident of the Tyumen Region. On 10 June 2021, he was taken into custody on charges of incitement to terrorist activity as part of the "USSR citizens" case. On 30 October 2023, Ignatov was sentenced to imprisonment in a general regime colony.
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.